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The research leading to these results has received support from
the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemein-
schaft, DFG, project number 284111627). Open access funding
enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL.
Conflict of Interest
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Keywords: beta-HAD
· imine reductases · promiscuity ·
substrate specificity · thermostability
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